A senior spokesman for a leading UK fancy dress industry provider has warned that stocks of Arab sheikh outfits are now so low in some parts of London that undercover stings by the press may have to be postponed. [read...]

The divine Emperor Hadrian has issued an official decree, under which the wearing of outlandish costumes during gladiatorial contests at Rome’s Colosseum will no longer be permitted, starting with this week’s Palatine Games, which are sponsored by Mars. [read...]